Topic:
ဖော်ပြချက်/အကြောင်းအရာ:
''The sun sets over a village in rural Myanmar,
where a group of men and women discuss
a recent announcement they have seen
posted in the distant Township Office.
The notice refers to a company’s claims on
certain parcels of land that the villagers’
families have been cultivating for decades.
According to the notice, such land is now
officially classified as vacant; some of the
land has already been fenced off and used to
cultivate rubber. The deadline for objections
mentioned in the letter had passed long
before any of the affected farmers realised
what was going on. Some of the villagers,
who used to cultivate this land but were
displaced, live elsewhere and are unaware
of the situation. What is to be done?
The need for HLP restitution
Ten years after the enactment of Myanmar’s
new Constitution in 2008 and the start of
the period of government transition, the
quest for peace and for real and effective
remedies for past and present land grabbing
and displacement continues despite some
positive – albeit tentative – steps being taken
by the government. During the civil wars,
entire villages were forcibly displaced,
with people also suffering forced labour
and gender-based violence.1
The legal
framework continues to be a complicated mix
of colonial-era legislation and newer laws,
with the latter clearly designed to favour
private investment and widespread land
acquisition without adequate safeguards
to protect the rights of farmers and their
families.2
Laws governing land acquisition
disproportionately favour the State, the
military and companies which have close
relationships with or are otherwise favoured
by these entities, and pay less attention to the
rights of affected people and communities...''
ရင်းမြစ်:
Displacement Solutions
Date of Publication:
2018-02-23
Date of entry:
2019-01-08
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
အကြောင်းအရာ/အမျိုးအစား:
Geographic coverage:
- Myanmar
Countries:
Myanmar
Language:
English
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ပုံစံ:
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Resource Type:
text
Text quality:
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